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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6767602" data-attributes="member: 20564">You wouldn't let a player who is an SCA fighter but playing a wizard let the player's fighting skills give his character bonuses to hit and damage and weapon proficiencies.&nbsp; You don't let a strong player's character carry more.&nbsp; The players guide the action, but the mechanics tell the success or failure.I've had shy and quiet players wanting to play outspoken charismatic characters.&nbsp; If you can play a fireball-tossing wizard, why not that.&nbsp; So that's okay, where the character focus on that build, taking a high charisma and social skills, allowing you to play something you aren't.But then what about a witty and sociable player who builds their characters with another focus, having high other skills and/or great damage/survivability in combat.&nbsp; They don't have any social skills and Chr is their dump stat.&nbsp; But the player can talk up a storm.&nbsp; Should they get all of what they build their character around because of the mechanics AND all of what the other player build their character around because they are well-spoken?You can talk a good spiel and as DM I may give Advantage or bonuses because of what you are saying, but the die rolls will determine how well it comes across to the NPCs. Anything else is unfair to the players who are building their character that route.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6767602, member: 20564"] You wouldn't let a player who is an SCA fighter but playing a wizard let the player's fighting skills give his character bonuses to hit and damage and weapon proficiencies. You don't let a strong player's character carry more. The players guide the action, but the mechanics tell the success or failure. I've had shy and quiet players wanting to play outspoken charismatic characters. If you can play a fireball-tossing wizard, why not that. So that's okay, where the character focus on that build, taking a high charisma and social skills, allowing you to play something you aren't. But then what about a witty and sociable player who builds their characters with another focus, having high other skills and/or great damage/survivability in combat. They don't have any social skills and Chr is their dump stat. But the player can talk up a storm. Should they get all of what they build their character around because of the mechanics AND all of what the other player build their character around because they are well-spoken? You can talk a good spiel and as DM I may give Advantage or bonuses because of what you are saying, but the die rolls will determine how well it comes across to the NPCs. Anything else is unfair to the players who are building their character that route. [/QUOTE]

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